Leonardo Fornaroli was crowned 2024 Formula 3 Drivers' Champion after a last-lap-overtake on the final corner over Christian Mansell in the Feature Race. He became the first Italian driver to win the Formula 3 championship as well as the first champion to take the title without winning any race across the entire season.
This weekend also marked the final one using the Dallara F3 2019 chassis, which debuted in the inaugural 2019 season. Starting in 2025, a new chassis will be introduced.[1]
Going into the final race of the season, six drivers still had chances of winning the title, with Leonardo Fornaroli leading the championship with 129 points, being only one point ahead of second-placed Gabriele Minì. Further back, the two Brits Luke Browning and Arvid Lindblad were placed in third and fourth with 123 and 112 points, respectively. Dino Beganovic entered the final round in fifth position, having scored 100 points, three points clear from sixth-placed Christian Mansell (97). Even though Oliver Goethe (94 points) who was seventh in the standings, mathematically still had slim chances of winning the championship, he was ruled out of contention prior to the weekend following his promotion to Formula 2.
However, the Teams' Championship was already wrapped up at the previous round in Belgium in favour of Prema Racing, who secured its fifth Teams' Championship in six seasons with an unassailable 115-point-lead over ART Grand Prix, with 89 points still on the line.
Classification
Qualifying
Group A
Qualifying for Group A was held on 30 August 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2).
^2 – Kacper Sztuka and Laurens van Hoepen both did not set a valid lap time during qualifying, but were later given permission by the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid and from the pit lane, respectively.
Group B
Qualifying for Group B was held on 30 August 2024, at 15:20 local time (UTC+2).
^1 – Christian Mansell and Nikola Tsolov both received a three-place grid penalty for impeding other drivers during qualifying. In the Sprint race, both will start from ninth and nineteenth place, respectively.
^2 – Matías Zagazeta failed to set a time within the 107%-rule, but was later given permission by the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid.
Sprint Race
The Sprint race was held on 31 August 2024, at 09:30 local time (UTC+2).
^4 – Christian Mansell received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.[9]
^5 – Tommy Smith received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision on lap 2, which forced Noel León and Nikita Bedrin to retire from the Sprint race.[9]
Feature Race
The Feature race was held on 1 September 2024, at 08:30 local time (UTC+2).
^1 – Noel León received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Nikola Tsolov at the Sprint race.[9]
^2 – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak originally finished seventh, but he received a ten-second time penalty for failing to follow Race Director's instructions.[11]
^4 – Luke Browning received a further five-second time penalty for a Safety Car infringement.[11]
^5 – Sebastián Montoya and Max Esterson both received five-second time penalties for a Safety Car infringement. However, the penalty did not affect the final positions of both drivers.[11]
^6 – Gabriele Minì originally finished second, but has been disqualified from the race after his car was found to be in breach of Article 12.9 of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Technical Regulations. A post-race report from FIA Technical Delegate indicated that Car 2 had not met the minimum requirement with regards to its tyre pressures.[11]
